- Is there a difference in quality between Maximum Quality VBR, and 320kbps Constant Bitrate?
- Posted by The Man With No Name on October 12th, 2005
I know 320kbps is basically the best quality for mp3s. But, since that
would mean encoding even silences at 320kb per second, I encode my mp3s on
Maximum Quality (VBR 0 in CDex's settings) as MPEG1 with a minimum bitrate
of 32kbps and a maximum of 320kbps
So, my question, is that the same quality as recording the entire mp3 at
320kbps or not. (And, if not, is there a better way to do this, or is
recording the whole thing at 320kbps the only way to get maximum quality?)
- Posted by NRen2k5 on October 12th, 2005
On 10/12/2005 2:13:20 AM, "The Man With No Name" wrote:
320kbps CBR is technically the best quality that MP3 can provide. Most of the time, it's a waste.
My question to you is, if you're so paranoid about quality, why not use another format altogether, such as Musepack, or a lossless format like FLAC?
- NRen2k5
- Posted by Baxter Tocher on October 14th, 2005
The Man With No Name wrote:
So why not use VBR instead?
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Baxter
- Posted by NRen2k5 on October 16th, 2005
VBR is definitely more sensible. But I wouldn't recommend using "maximum
quality" as this is just overkill. If you're going to go overkill, why
not go all the way and use 320kbps?
Rather, for VBR, it's best to stick with --alt-preset standard. In
modern versions of the encoder, this is simplified to -V2.
This will provide quality which is "transparent" to most people, at a
bitrate around 200kbps.
- NRen2k5
Baxter Tocher wrote:
